No.

Always "a 15-year-old isn't a child" and never "a 15-year-old should be able to vote." Smdh

Also - if you are in the area please respect the rāhui in place.

Great tit (Parus major), left, and Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), right. They are small birbs with yellow green chests and dark green/silver upper body and wings. They have white cheeks.

Started playing a game with birbs, and I named my birb "Tit" cos it is a legit Paridae sub-class. The app is refusing to let me name it cos "unacceptable"

As if I am the one who named some smol birds Great Tit, Sultan Tit, Elegant Tit, Sombre Tit, and whatnot

Look at these beautiful pair of tits

Celine the tuxedo cat lounges on the bed, enjoying the sun and preventing me from sitting down.

There's a sunbeam over my spot on the bed.

#aonzpets

Moon

Two cats sitting on top of cages and looking at the ceiling

Two cars on the floor staring up at the ceiling

Two young kittens in a cage taking notice

A cat standing on her hind legs to reach for a moth

A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.

Always ask yourself:

Who writes the stories?
Who benefits from the stories?
Who is missing from the stories?

And, apparently - who benefits from the silence, when the stories can’t be told?

Active undermining of those who often speak the loudest truths to power is a tactic of authoritarianism.

This is not something I want to do, but as someone who was food insecure for a long time, here are some ways to get the most out of what you can get.

-if you have dietary restrictions or food aversions, spend some time thinking about what foods are safe. It sounds obvious, but—

More specifically: in the face of so much destruction and disregard, it's vital to be reminded of our capacity to love and care for even the smallest things, that we can work toward restoration and repair, even (or especially) after catastrophic loss.

It will eventually make it here, so being in subantarctic islands should be noted.

Repenting and re-branding are not the same thing.

All these services will be stretched right now. Expect some wait time and good luck.

If it's not native, call the SPCA or any local shelter. If it's a pet species you can also take it to a vet if safe to do so.

If it's native (NZ), call DOC on 0800 DOC HOT. If it's a sea bird or other sea creature then it's native for this purpose.

After a storm there will be injured wildlife, so here's who to call if you find it:

Tile with text that says Measles update - 2 new cases confirmed.

We have confirmed two new #measles cases in NZ today, with a Cook Strait ferry among listed exposure locations.

Check your immunisation status (you need 2 doses of MMR). Book a vaccine: bookmyvaccine.nz

Full details and exposure locations: tewhatuora.govt.nz/corporate-in...

It's real important, clearly, that we are policed at the mega strike in Ōtepoti. Imagine deciding that teachers, nurses, doctors, firefighters, education and health support staff require police supervision just cos it's a strike.

megastrike march in Auckland, NZ

at the New Zealand doctors / nurses / teachers / firefighters megastrike marching down the main street in Auckland

I didn't think I needed an "always repost the Nazi bar story" but it feels like it bears repeating far too often.

Southern workers begin major strike action Public service workers have gathered at the Edgar Centre as part of the largest co-ordinated strike action in Dunedin in decades. The majority of...

Ōtepoti Dunedin showing up! 👏👏

Dunedin moved their strike indoors to the Edgar Centre (a big sports centre).
#strikeaction #nzpol #kikorangi

I recently read an article
the headline of which noted:
“Post-pandemic
COVID-19 linked with
high numbers
of workforce absences and exits,”
and though I know
the headline begins
with “post-pandemic”
it seems to me
that the rest of the headline
shows we are still in the pandemic.

Really says it all. I hope these rallys get good coverage on the news.
#MegaStrike23October2025
Not alot of love for the coalition today. One truck stopped at the soundshell pedestrian crossing and sat on his Horn for what felt like ages.

The 11 year old is teaching the 9 year old how to play the drums, and the weather warning is not to leave the house, and even so, I support the teachers' strike.

These collective unions represent 100K workers, the workers chose to strike. Simeon Brown accused drs of crossing an ethical line, what of his conduct? Ministers have told lies about the average salary of all these workers continuously, trying to drive a wedge between the workers and the public. Part of governing is about making choice of where to spend money - money for salaries, staffing levels, union demands simply need to go into education and health, it's really that simple

#NZPol
Over the last few weeks we have seen ministers and the head of the public service try to bully teachers, nurses & doctors, the government has the power in this dynamic. Ministers have called strike action unions playing politics when in fact politics is their game

Drawing of a camel shrimp

Pen and ink drawing of a camel shrimp, Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
#Inktober #inktober2025 #sciart #coralreefs #marinelife #crustaceans

Agh!

Fallen tree

Fallen tree

Outside the Hocken library here from Facebook

Holiday update: I have been blessed with the presence of frogs.

The knight stood, triumphant, over the prostrate dragon. He raised his sword high above his head and-

"I wouldn't if i were you"

The voice was in his head. Confused, he glanced around. A black cat was cleaning a paw, casually nearby.

He raised the sword again.

"Are you REALLY, really sure?" /1

Beautiful!